Why Were The Ashkenazi Hated – Mark Twain – “Concerning the Jews” 1898
♢ The Jew has his other side. He has some discreditable ways.
♢ He has a reputation for various small forms of cheating,
♢ and for practising oppressive usury,
♢ and for burning himself out to get the insurance,
♢ and for arranging cunning contracts which leave him an exit but lock the other man in,
♢ and for smart evasions which find him safe and comfortable just within the strict letter of the law, when court and jury know very well that he has violated the spirit of it.